I am about to wrap up the bottom end today or tomorrow. First I took my housings, removed the bearings, and cleaned them in the parts washer at work. I then replaced both clutch shaft bearings and both crank bearings with FAG high speed rated (14k rpm) 6202 C3 spec bearings.
Since I had the crankshaft out I decided to do the balance drilling. I set my balance factor on the factory piston and achieved a 68% balance factor.
The last step in this process is that I need to true the crankshaft. I have the dial gauge and stand needed to do the job, but I lack the stand to do it. There are stands out there one could buy, but they are quite expensive and I would have to wait a coulpe of weeks for it to arrive. Instead, I decided to make my own using some scrap bits from work.
It isn't pretty, but it's level and will do the job just fine. Cost. Free.
